Tambaram Air Force Station

Tambaram Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force airfield in , , , . This Air Force station is primarily involved in the training of pilots as Qualified Flying Instructors and Mechanical Training Institute for airmen.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in India
  • Also known as: “VOTX”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tambaram railway station and Perungalathur railway station.

Railway station
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is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is also one of the railway terminals of the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, situated at a distance of 6 kilometres from the centre of and 27 kilometres from Chennai Beach station.

Railway station
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is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach– section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network serving the neighbourhoods of Perungalathur and Peerkankaranai in southern .

Nature reserve
is a protected area located in the suburb of to the southwestern part of , about 30 km from the city centre. It is bordered by the Grand Southern Trunk Road in the west and Suddhanandha Bharathi Street on the northern and the eastern sides and is intersected by the Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road on the southern side.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tambaram and Rajakilpakkam.

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is a city in Chennai metropolitan area, of , . The city is governed by City Municipal Corporation.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, , , India. It was formerly one of the three revenue villages of Municipality, along with Sembakkam and Gowrivakkam, and became part of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation following the reorganisation of the area's urban local bodies in 2021.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, , . A former town panchayat, it was included in Tambaram Municipality in 2021 and is now in Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Tambaram Air Force Station

Latitude
12.9035° or 12° 54′ 13″ north
Longitude
80.1213° or 80° 7′ 17″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Operator
Indian Air Force
Open location code
7M42W43C+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28261189
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q7681016
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In Other Languages

From Hindi to Tamil—“Tambaram Air Force Station” goes by many names.
  • Hindi: “तांबरम विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “VOTX”
  • Japanese: “タンバラム空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Tambaram”
  • Marathi: “तांबरम वायुसेना तळ”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی تامبارام”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱟᱢᱵᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱚᱨᱥ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво томбором”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Тамбарам”
  • Tamil: “தாம்பரம் விமானப்படை நிலையம்”

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